Ascend Elements, a U.S.-based manufacturer of sustainable battery materials, and Orbia’s Fluorinated Solutions business, Koura, one of the world’s largest producers of fluoroproducts and technologies, agreed to explore joint commercialization of the patented Hydro-to-Anode graphite recycling technology and discuss plans…
Röhm (Darmstadt, Germany) announced that it has commissioned a production expansion for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in Shanghai. In a ceremony attended by employees, partners and political representatives, Hans-Peter Hauck, COO of Röhm, officially commissioned the plant. “The expansion of our…
Sulzer Flow Equipment and expertise has been selected by an industrial research consortium for a pilot plant intended to validate the commercial viability of storing renewable energy in molten hydroxide salts. Situated in Esbjerg, Denmark, the Molten Salts Storage (MOSS)…
Heidelberg Materials announced the start of construction for its pilot carbon-capture installation in Devnya, Bulgaria. The ANRAV.beta unit is a key next step in the implementation of the company’s large-scale ANRAV project in Bulgaria, which was announced in early 2023.…
NatureWorks LLC (Plymouth, Minn.) has made significant progress on the construction of their new fully integrated Ingeo PLA biopolymer manufacturing facility in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand. As a fully integrated PLA complex, the plant will include three manufacturing facilities: lactic…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has completed construction of Bayer’s first global Cell Therapy Launch Facility in Berkeley, California. “Fluor’s innovative plant layout and modularized construction approach allowed this facility to be built safely and with capital efficiency,”…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has signed an agreement to develop, scale up and produce proprietary fixed bed catalysts for mobile applications of Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies Technologies’ proprietary liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology based on benzyl toluene (BT). The…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for August 2023 (most recent available) is unchanged from the previous month, although some of the subindices making up the composite index changed higher and lower. In August, the Equipment…
Charles Ross & Son Co. (Haupauge, N.Y.; www.mixers.com) announced the creation of the U.S. Battery Machine Builders (US BMB), a new initiative dedicated to fortifying the U.S. battery supply chain by encouraging adoption of American-made machines and equipment. Ross joined…
A growing number of process operations are adopting artificial intelligence (AI). In a 2021 McKinsey Global Manufacturing Survey, 56 percent of respondents said their organizations had done so—up from 50 percent the prior year. Autonomous control AI can make a…